How much does a mind movie cost?
A mind movie can cost nothing. You can make one yourself in an evening with free apps. Etsy templates cost £3 to £14, and custom mind movies on Fiverr start at £20 to £37. The best way to get personalized mind movies is Solulu. You are in every scene, there is no editing, and it keeps making new ones as your goals grow.
What you are really paying for
When you pay for a mind movie, you pay for one of three things. It is someone else’s time, a better picture of you, or a movie that keeps changing. The price only tells part of the story.
A mind movie has the same parts whoever makes it. It has a calm opener, scenes of the life you want, short affirmations and music. You watch it every day, and the life in it starts showing up in your real life. Here is what changes from option to option.
- Money. Free, a few pounds, or a subscription.
- Your time. Finding clips, writing lines, editing, exporting. The first one usually takes an evening.
- How personal it is. It might be a template with stock photos of strangers. It might be your own old photos dropped in. Or it might be new scenes of you living the life you want.
- Whether it stays fresh. A single movie is the same every time you watch it. After a few weeks, many people stop feeling it and want a new one.
Keep those four in mind as you read the options below.
Every option, compared
There are two kinds of options. You can make a mind movie yourself, or pay a person to make it. Or you can use an app or program.
Making it yourself or paying a person
We checked Etsy and Fiverr in the UK, so these prices are in pounds.
| Option | Price | Your time | You in the scenes | New movies |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| By hand (CapCut or Canva) | Free | An evening for the first one | Only in photos you already have | Only if you remake it |
| Etsy Canva template | £3 to £14 | You fill every slot | Only in photos you add | Only if you redo it |
| Fiverr custom mind movie | From £20 to £37 each | Write a brief, send photos, wait | Only in photos you send | Pay again for each new one |
A few notes on the table:
- Fiverr prices are starting prices. “From £20” is the price of the smallest package on that gig. Bigger packages cost more.
- Templates are the cheapest paid option, but not the least work. You get the layout and sometimes the music. You still find every photo and type every line.
Apps and programs
Here the apps are compared on what you get, not on price.
| Option | Your time | You in the scenes | New movies |
|---|---|---|---|
| Solulu (iPhone app) | Describe your life, add photos | Yes, new scenes of you living it | Yes, as your goals grow |
| Mind Movies Platinum Creation Kit | You build it in their app | Only in photos you add | Only if you build a new one |
| Vision Board ++ (app) | You build the board | Only in photos you add | Only if you rebuild it |
| ManifestVision.ai (web) | Describe your goals | Not yet, listed as “coming soon” | Yes, within your plan |
We make Solulu. We have still described every option fairly.
- The Mind Movies kit is a do-it-yourself builder from Mind Movies. Natalie and Glen Ledwell started the company in 2008. You build the movie yourself in their app, from their library of images, affirmations and music.
- Vision Board ++ turns a vision board you build into a short video with affirmations and music. You can use your own photos or its stock gallery.
- ManifestVision.ai writes affirmations and makes a vision board video with an AI image for each one. It has a free version. On its paid plan you can swap in your own photos. Scenes with you in them are listed as coming soon.
The time cost nobody counts
Free is only free if your evening is free. A handmade mind movie usually takes a few hours the first time. You write scenes, find photos, pick a song, edit, fix the text and export.
A template saves you the layout, not the hunt for photos. A freelancer saves you the editing. But you still write a brief, collect photos, ask for changes and wait for delivery.
Then there is the second movie. Your goals change, a scene comes true, or you simply stop feeling the old one. Each one-off option costs the same time or money again every time you want a new movie.
Is it worth paying for a mind movie?
It is worth paying when you pay for the part you cannot do yourself. For most people, that part is seeing themselves in the life they want.
A free movie is enough if:
- You already have photos of yourself that fit your scenes.
- You enjoy editing and do not mind remaking it every few weeks.
- You are trying mind movies for the first time and want to see if you like the practice.
Paying makes sense if:
- Your movie is full of strangers because you have no photos of the life you want yet.
- You have tried making one and never finished it.
- You want new movies as your goals change, without starting from zero each time.
What is the cheapest way to get a personalized mind movie?
The cheapest way is to make it yourself, for free, with your own photos. Our guide on how to make a mind movie for free covers every step. Our guide to choosing photos shows how to get photos of you into more scenes.
The catch is what “personalized” means. With a template or a freelancer, it usually means your name, your words and your old photos dropped into slots. It does not mean new pictures of you in the apartment you have not moved into yet. It does not show you on the trip you have not taken. That is the gap most people feel when their movie does not feel like theirs.
Which option is best for you
| If you want… | Choose | Why |
|---|---|---|
| To see yourself in scenes you have not lived yet, with new movies as you grow | Solulu | You in every scene, no editing, new movies as your goals change |
| To spend nothing | By hand | Free, and you learn exactly how a mind movie works |
| A pretty layout, and you enjoy editing | An Etsy template | Cheap, and you keep full control |
| A one-off movie made for you, or a gift | A Fiverr freelancer | Someone else does the editing |
| AI affirmations and images, no photos of you needed | ManifestVision.ai | A free version to try it |
Why Solulu is the best way to get a personalized mind movie
Solulu is an iPhone app. You describe the life you want and add your photos. You can also add photos of places, outfits, pets and things you want. You can even add your SP, the one person you want to be with.
Solulu makes personalized mind movies with you in the scenes. Each has a calm kaleidoscope opening, scenes of you living that life, affirmations and music. It is the best way to get one, for four reasons.
1. You see yourself living it. A template or a kit gives you slots to fill. You fill them with stock photos of strangers or old photos of yourself. A freelancer can only use the photos you send. ManifestVision.ai makes AI images from your goals, but not yet with you in them.
Solulu makes new scenes of you living the life you describe, so you see your own face already there. That is what makes a mind movie feel like a memory instead of a wish. None of the other options on this page does that for you.
2. It does not depend on your imagination. When the scenes show strangers, you have to imagine yourself into them. That is the hardest part of visualizing. It is also the part a mind movie is meant to do for you. With Solulu you look at yourself in the scene. You do not need editing skills either: no timeline, no fonts, no exporting.
3. It never goes stale. Most practices repeat the same words, audio or pictures every day. After a few weeks, your mind gets used to them and the feeling fades. The Solulu method makes refreshing part of the practice, and Solulu keeps making new mind movies of you as your story moves on. So what you watch never goes stale.
4. It is easy to keep doing. A handmade movie, a template, a kit or a paid custom movie is just one movie. When it stops feeling fresh, you pay again in time or money. Solulu keeps making new mind movies as your goals grow. So the practice stays fresh, morning and night, without starting over.
How to decide in one minute
- Do you have photos of yourself that fit your scenes? If yes, start free, by hand.
- If not, do you want to see yourself in those scenes? Solulu is built for that.
- Do you only want one movie, once, made by someone else? A freelancer is fine.
- Whichever you choose, watch it every morning and before you sleep. Coming back to it is how the life in your movie becomes your real life.